Cylera
New York, US · Founded 2017 · 38 employees on LinkedIn · 8 known investors
Cylera provides a healthcare cybersecurity platform focused on connected medical devices, IoT, and IT assets, giving hospitals and health systems visibility, risk assessment, and threat detection across their environments.
Also known as Cylera, Inc.
Founders & leadership
Cylera was founded in 2017 by Timur Ozekcin and Sean Abraham.
Investors · 8
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$1.2M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2017–2021
▶$1.2MraisedJul 2017 · 9 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Apostolos BakoyiannisExecutive Officer
- Timur OzekcinExecutive Officer, Director
- Owen WilsonDirector
- Sean AbrahamExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $1.2M
- Amount sold
- $1.2M
- First sale
- Jul 2017
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2017
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Cylera is a healthcare-focused cybersecurity company that provides a platform for IoT asset intelligence and security. The platform discovers and inventories connected devices in real time, monitors them for vulnerabilities and active threats, prioritizes alerts and risk, supports remediation workflows, and produces reporting and evidence used in audits and compliance processes. Scope covers connected medical devices used for diagnosis, monitoring and treatment as well as general IoT equipment found in hospitals such as smart TVs, security cameras and uninterruptible power supplies [0][1][3].
The company describes its offering as unified cybersecurity for asset management, risk analysis and threat detection across the connected environment, built on patented technology and purpose-built for complex, high-impact environments by combining contextual awareness with an understanding of operational workflows [4][5]. Cylera positions the product around outcomes including improved asset discovery and risk-score accuracy, reduced alert and mitigation workload, faster audit preparation, and cost savings redirected to care delivery [0][1].
Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York, Cylera develops in the United States and operates regional offices across the US and the UK; co-founders Timur Ozekcin (CEO), Sean Abraham (Chief Business Officer) and Paul Bakoyiannis (CTO) lead the company alongside a leadership team that includes a chief security strategist, engineering and sales leadership, and general managers for the UK & Ireland and for Oman and the GCC [2][6].
Founding story
Cylera was started in 2017 by co-founders Timur Ozekcin, Sean Abraham and Paul Bakoyiannis to address cybersecurity risks arising from the growth of healthcare IoT and connected medical devices [2][6]. Before founding Cylera, Ozekcin co-founded medical device and technology start-up Heuristics Health and worked for a non-profit consortium funded by the Department of Homeland Security focused on the safety and security of medical devices in healthcare organizations [6].
Business model
Cylera licenses its IoT asset intelligence and cybersecurity platform to healthcare delivery organizations, emphasizing rapid time to value and long-lasting, outcome-based customer relationships [0][1].
Traction
Reported customers include St. Luke's University Health Network, Mt. San Rafael Hospital, Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust [0][1]. As of September 2023, Cylera was reported to serve over 125 hospitals worldwide with deployments in more than 25 NHS Trusts in England and Wales, a 100% client renewal rate, roughly tripled UK/global customer headcount over the prior 12 months, 30% global team growth over the same period, and approximately 300% year-on-year global revenue growth since 2021 [6].
Latest developments
Cylera publishes guidance on the HIPAA Security Rule overhaul and on helping NHS Trusts comply with the CAF-aligned DSPT, and promotes a SPARK Matrix analyst report on connected medical device security solutions [0][1].
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Cylera competes in the connected medical device and healthcare IoT security segment. It is listed as an American Hospital Association Preferred Cybersecurity Service Provider and cites recognition including Quadrant Knowledge Solutions' 2023 Connected Medical Device Security Solution market leader designation and a SPARK Matrix report on connected medical device security [0][2]. An investor in its Series A described the company as well positioned as a market leader in the healthcare IoT sector [4].
Cylera emphasizes agentless deployment, breadth of coverage across both connected medical devices and general hospital IoT, machine learning-driven alert reduction and risk scoring, and healthcare-specific capabilities such as an NHS Cyber Alert dashboard and compliance support for regimes including the HIPAA Security Rule and the CAF-aligned DSPT [0][1][6].
Technology
An agentless platform for IoT and connected medical device (IoMT) cybersecurity and intelligence that performs continuous device discovery and profiling, monitors communications for anomalous behavior and exposures, and applies machine learning for alert reduction and risk scoring to prioritize response [0][1][6]. The company reports patented technology spanning asset management, risk analysis and threat detection [5]. Product work includes a Command Platform user interface consolidating device, IoT and vulnerability data into a single view, and a dedicated NHS Cyber Alert dashboard for responding to NHS Digital Data Security Centre notifications [6].
Go-to-market
Cylera sells directly and through a channel-led model, with alliances with IT, security and healthcare technology vendors and a global network of regional and national system integrators and managed service providers [2]. Reported channel partners include Illumio, Extreme Networks and Cisco, and an exclusive partnership with Omantel opened the Oman market in early 2023; the channel partner network was reported to have increased sixfold over an 18-month period [6]. The website markets demos, product tours, solution briefs, case studies, webinars and a newsletter as demand-generation vehicles [0][1][3].
Healthcare delivery organizations: healthcare networks, large health systems and regional hospitals across academic, government and private providers, including NHS Trusts in England and Wales [0][2][6].
Geography
Headquartered in New York with development in the United States and regional offices across the US and UK [2]. Reported offices in Madrid, Spain and Cheltenham, UK, with customers and market activity in the UK, North America, Asia Pacific, the Nordics and the Middle East, including Oman [6].
History
Founded in 2017 in New York, Cylera raised a $10 million Series A led by Concord Health Partners and Maverick Ventures announced in 2021, bringing total reported funding to $17 million at that time [4]. The company expanded internationally, entering the UK market around 2022 and Oman in early 2023 via a partnership with Omantel, and opened offices in Madrid and Cheltenham [6]. In 2023 it launched a redesigned Command Platform user interface and formed a 12-member customer advisory council of CISOs, CIOs and CTOs from US and UK healthcare providers [6].
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Key figures
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Timeline · 8
launches, deals, and filingsCylera co-founder and CEO Timur Ozekcin was named a winner in the inaugural Healthcare Innovation 40 Under 40 awards program.
Cylera is listed as an American Hospital Association Preferred Cybersecurity Service Provider and cites the Quadrant Knowledge Solutions 2023 Connected Medical Device Security Solution market leader designation, a 2023 Cyber Security Excellence Award for Best Healthcare IoT Solution, and Fortress Security Awards recognition.
Alongside its New York headquarters, Cylera reported offices in Madrid, Spain and Cheltenham, UK, with market activity across the UK, North America, Asia Pacific, the Nordics and the Middle East.
Cylera signed an exclusive partnership with Omantel, Oman's first and largest integrated telecommunications service provider, bringing the company to Oman for the first time.
Cylera launched a redesigned Command Platform UI providing a single view for managing medical devices, connected IoT and vulnerabilities.
Cylera was named 2022 UK Healthcare Cyber Security Company of the Year by the Global Healthcare & Pharma Private Healthcare Annual Awards and was recognized as a standout innovator in a 2022 IDC report on healthcare IoT security products.
Cylera introduced a dedicated NHS Cyber Alert dashboard to help NHS Trusts respond to cyber threat notifications from NHS Digital's Data Security Centre and streamline response coordination and workflows.
Cylera secured $10 million in Series A funding to expand into new global markets through channel partners, extend the technology into new verticals, and double headcount across R&D, channel support, customer success, sales and marketing over six months.
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▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Cyleracylera.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Cylera do?
- Cylera sells an agentless IoT and connected medical device asset intelligence and cybersecurity platform to healthcare providers.
- Who founded Cylera?
- Cylera was founded by Timur Ozekcin, Sean Abraham in 2017.
- Who are Cylera's investors?
- Cylera's investors include Contour Venture Partners, Dreamit Ventures, Epsilon Health Investors, Frontier Path VC, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Rho Capital Partners, Rho Ventures, Maverick Ventures.
- How much funding has Cylera raised?
- Cylera has disclosed $1.2M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.
- Where is Cylera headquartered?
- Cylera is headquartered in New York, US.